Powder-puff.



No. 736,786. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1903. J. F. ROWLAND 6: G. D. EULL.

POWDER PUFF.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1902.

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- UNITED STATES Fatented August 18, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. ROWLAND AND GALEN D. HULL, OF ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

POWDER-PUFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,786, dated August18, 1903.

' Application filed July 25, 1902. Serial No. 116,933. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- i Be it known that we, JOHN F. ROWLAN andGALEN D. HULL, citizens of the United States, and residents ofAsheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, haveinvented a new and Improved Powder-Puff, of which the following is afull,

clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention .is to provide a simple, durable, andconvenient form of powder-puff especially designed to contain talcumpowder, and to so construct the puff that the material may be placed inlarge quantities in the pulf and held distributed and in such mannerthat the puif may be manipulated to cover large or small surfaces and sothat all of the working surfaces of the puff may be utilized at alltimes and adapted to all parts of the human form.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi catecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is arear elevation of the improved puif, a portion being shownin section. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the pufi,and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the pod.

The body A of the pulf is made of two pieces of material 10 and 11,correspondingly cut to any desired shape, that shown in the drawingsbeing elliptical. The back piece 10 is of a fabric through which apowder will not sift--leather or a like pliable substance and the frontpiece 11 is of a loosely-woven fabric having preferably a soft or downyouter surface or perforated chamois or the like. The two pieces orsections 10 and 11 of the body A are connected near their margins by acontinuous line of stitching 12, although an equivalent means may beemployed, and said body is divided transversely into two compartments Band B by a central transverse line-of'stitching 13. These compartmentsare filled with powder to such a depth from front to rear that the puffmay be used for some time without replenishing,

which may be done by opening the compartments at one point and againclosing them after they are filled.

The auxiliary back of the puif consists of a separate piece 14 of anydesired material, plain or decorated, and may be of the same size as orof a larger size than the body, being secured to the body A at ornearits margin by stitching or other approved means. This auxiliary backis provided with a pocket 0 at or near the compartment B, for example,and of a size corresponding to that of said compartment. The mouth ofthis pocket is adjacent to the dividing-line 13, between thecompartments B and B, as is shown in Fig. 2, and while the pocket isformed in the auxiliary back 14 said back is in one piece. This isaccomplished by making a transverse cut 15 in the material to extend toopposite points of attachment of the auxiliary back to the body and thenbending the undercut marginal portions of the auxiliary back uponitself, producing overlapping or overlaying plaits or folds 16 and 17.(Shown best in Fig. 1.) In thus folding the auxiliary back 14 thematerial at the outer wall of the mouth of the pocket is folded in,producing a hem 18, (shown in Fig. 2,) and the outer wall of the pocketat its mouth is carried over the body portion of the material of theauxiliary back, as is also shown in Fig. 2. By inserting the fingers inthe pocket 0 the pufif is supported by said fingers and the palm of thehand and can be readily manipulated to successfully reach any portion ofthe body. Auxiliary to the pocket 0 a diagonal band D is secured to theauxiliary back 14:, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, beneath which band allthe fingers of the hand may be introduced to manipulate the pufi, ifdesired.

It will beobserved that by dividing the puff into two compartments alarge quantity of powder may be placed in the puff and the powder willnot be liable to sift down to one end as it is used. Furthermore, thepufi can be conveniently bent to adapt itself to the shape of the bandwhile the puff is being used and is likewise better adapted to reachvarious portions of the body Where a puff not capable of bending couldnot be successfully used.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A powder-pufi,comprising a body having two compartments the front faces of whichpermit powder to sift therethrough, and provided on its back with apiece forming therewith a pocket, the mouth of which is at about thetransverse center of the puff, as set forth.

2. Apowder-puff,comprisingabody formed of a back and a front piecesecured to the back at its edges and at its center by a centraltransverse line of stitching forming two compartments, and an auxiliarypiece on the back and forming a pocket, the mouth of which is adjacentto the dividing-line of the compartments, as set forth.

3. A powder puff, consisting of a body formed of a front through whichpowder may sift, and a back composed of two pieces and to which thefrontis secured at its edges and names to this specification in thepresence of 3 5 two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. ROWLAND. GALEN D. HULL.

Witnesses:

E. SLUDER, EDWIN L. RAY.

